CVE-2006-1695

Severity: low (CVSS 1.2 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2006-04-11 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The fbgs script in the fbi package 2.01-1.4, when the TMPDIR environment variable is not defined, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files in /var/tmp/fbps-[PID].

Affected products

Fbida: 2.01, 2.02, 2.03

References

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=361370
http://secunia.com/advisories/19559
http://secunia.com/advisories/19766
http://secunia.com/advisories/20166
http://secunia.com/advisories/21459
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1068
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200604-13.xml
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_19_sr.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17436
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1281
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25729
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=361370

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